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FAQ: Add some more variants on how to deal with temporary files

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The people in #323 think that we should document all patterns there are to deal with ignored files.
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@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ files you want to keep around to match the pattern.
If `$EDITOR` integration is important, something like `scratchpad.*` may be more
helpful, as you can keep the filename extension intact (it
matches `scratchpad.md`, `scratchpad.rs` and more).
matches `scratchpad.md`, `scratchpad.rs` and more). Another option is to add a
directory to the global `.gitignore` which then stores all your temporary files
and notes. For example, you could add `scratch/` to `~/.git/ignore` and then
store arbitrary files in `<your-git-repo>/scratch/`.
You can find more details on `gitignore` files [here][gitignore].